# Question about blood donating

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-blood-donating/294730>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 16, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-blood-donating/294730 "2005-03-16T00:42:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-blood-donating/294730/41 "2005-03-31T14:30:20Z")

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> [@bras0978](#):
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> Why, do your friends suspect you of being a venereal disease hotspot? :eek:

Hardly. I just think it funny to have a “pass” certificate for STD’s. Kinda like passing a driving test.

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-blood-donating/294730/42 "2005-04-01T12:03:08Z")

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> [@bras0978](#):
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> Why, do your friends suspect you of being a venereal disease hotspot? :eek:

He’s just being paronoid. We don’t really! 😃

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